Press Releases

26 Aug 2025

Harvard Business School Announces 2025 Goldsmith Fellows

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2025 recipients of its Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowships. Established in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel (MBA 1959), a former director of the foundation and a limited partner at Goldman Sachs, to encourage students from the nonprofit and public sectors to attend HBS, these fellowships enable the School to award $10,000 to a select number of incoming MBA students for each of the two years of the MBA program. Read more.

14 Aug 2025

Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Jay W. Lorsch Dies at 92

Jay W. Lorsch, the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations, Emeritus at Harvard Business School (HBS) and a renowned expert on corporate boards who also did seminal early work on the relationship between environment and the organization, passed away on August 5 at the age of 92. In a distinguished career that spanned over five decades, Lorsch influenced generations of students and practitioners through his teaching and scholarship that contributed significantly to the shape of modern corporate governance and the development of new approaches to understanding organizational behavior. Read more.

13 Aug 2025

Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus H. Kent Bowen Dies at 83

H. Kent Bowen, a pioneering scholar in technology and operations management, and a beloved mentor, passed away on July 17, 2025, at the age of 83. Known for his visionary leadership and deep commitment to education and industry collaboration, Kent Bowen leaves behind a legacy that helped to shape the field of manufacturing and operations strategy across academia and practice. Read more.

24 Jul 2025

Harvard University Announces Jill Kravetz as Harvard Innovation Labs Executive Director

Jill Kravetz will become the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, a University-wide hub that inspires, connects, and advances entrepreneurial leaders and innovators. Read more.

03 Jul 2025

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2025-2026 Blavatnik Fellows

Harvard Business School (HBS) has named its 2025-26 Blavatnik Fellows and the program’s twelfth cohort. Launched in 2013, the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship is part of a gift to Harvard University from the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The Blavatnik Fellowship offers HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to advance new ventures around promising life science technologies and develop their leadership talents during a 12-month fellowship year. This unique opportunity allows fellows to work closely with leading biotech industry and biomedical authorities, receive programmatic guidance and mentorship, and join a community of entrepreneurs shaping the future of science. Read more.

04 Jun 2025

Harvard Business Publishing Unveils Harvard Business Impact as New Brand for Corporate Learning and Education Units

Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) announced today the launch of Harvard Business Impact, a new brand identity for its Corporate Learning and Education market units. Read more.

02 Jun 2025

Harvard Business Review Launches HBR Executive, a New Premium Subscription for Senior Leaders

Harvard Business Review has announced the launch of HBR Executive, a premium subscription designed for senior business leaders navigating an increasingly complex and volatile world. Read more.

30 May 2025

Professors Receive Wyss Awards for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students

Professor Elie Ofek and Assistant Professor Maria Roche have been selected for their work in the Doctoral Programs. The award, whose recipients are selected by doctoral students, recognizes faculty who provide exceptional mentorship and guidance to doctoral students. Read more.

30 May 2025

Harvard Business School Celebrates 115th Commencement

Harvard Business School (HBS) held its 115th Commencement exercises yesterday with a diploma ceremony on its campus in Boston. After an all-University celebration in Harvard’s Tercentenary Theatre in the morning, 925 students received their MBA degrees in front of the School’s Baker Library | Bloomberg Center. Read more.

29 May 2025

Harvard Business School's MBA Class of 2025 Celebrates Class Day

On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, all 929 members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA Class of 2025 gathered at Baker Lawn under clear skies to celebrate Class Day. Taking place the day before Commencement, Class Day is an annual event organized by graduating students to celebrate the achievements, contributions and community of the graduating MBA class. Along with family, friends, and guests, graduates honored five faculty teaching award recipients and listened to speeches from classmates and one of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award winners. Read more.